Self-Introduction: Scott Glaser

[Scott Glaser]

Full legal name (as you use it is fine) 

Scott Glaser
        
      * Virginia Beach, VA, USA
        
      * Senior Engineer
        
      * Lockheed Marting 
        
      * Your goals in the Fedora Project 
        
              * What do you want to write about? 
                      * Just about anything that will make Fedora
			easier to understand for a New Users. 
                
              * What other documentation do you want to see published?
                      * That is hard to say, first I would like to
			assist in making the Fedora Core 4 Installation
			Guide a document that will help new users in
			installing Fedora Core with little or no
			assistance no mater what method of install
			they choose.
                
              * Do you want to edit for grammar/writing and/or technical
                accuracy? 
                      * I am willing to help the group in any way I can.
                                        
      * Historical qualifications 
        
              * What other projects or writing have you worked on in the
                past? 
                      * I have done a bit of technical writing while an
			employee at Lockheed Martin. Mainly test
			procedures, but lately I have had to generate
			and edit some Linux/Networking training
			lessons and presentations as non-programmer
			I think the Documentation Project is a
                        perfect fit for me as a way to contribute.
                
              * What level and type of computer skills do you have? 
                      * I am an electronics specialist that has learned
			how to use computers as part of my work. I am 
			currently preparing to return to school as I 
			realize that I still have a lot to learn about 
			computers.  I have a vast general knowledge in
			various computer platforms from PC to VME
			and have worked with just about every OS that is
			currently available.
                
              * What other skills do you have that might be applicable?
                User interface design, other so-called soft skills
                (people skills), programming, etc. 
                      * Being an employee of a major defense
			contractor I have numerous skills that 
			may be of benefit. As I work with the US
			Navy I am pretty good a taking technical
			data and making it easier for the end-user
			to understand. I would say that I am pretty
			good at generating how-to documents.
                
              * What makes you an excellent match for the project? 
                      * I guess what makes me an excellent match for
			the project is the fact that I really enjoy
			helping people learn how to use Linux.  I 
			started with Redhat 6.x and have not turned 
			back.
                
      * GPG KEYID and fingerprint 
                
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-- 
Scott Glaser
Fedora Core User
Web - http://members.cox.net/sonar_guy/

[Karsten Wade]

On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 11:22 -0400, Scott Glaser wrote:
>  Full legal name (as you use it is fine) 
>  
>  Scott Glaser 
Welcome, Scott!

>                * What do you want to write about? 
>                        * Just about anything that will make Fedora
>  			easier to understand for a New Users. 
>                  
>                * What other documentation do you want to see published?
>                        * That is hard to say, first I would like to
>  			assist in making the Fedora Core 4 Installation
>  			Guide a document that will help new users in
>  			installing Fedora Core with little or no
>  			assistance no mater what method of install
>  			they choose. 
There is another area that is hurting for writers, and it does have
benefit for new and continuing users.  If you haven't heard about the
fabulous release notes beats:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/ReleaseNotes/Beats
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats

This is a manageable writing task that gets you close to the parts of
Fedora that interest you the most, connects you with recognition to a
project, and gets better the more people that help.

Stuart and Paul may be prepared to modularize the Fedora Installation
Guide a bit more.  We intend to package the FIG within the fedora-
release package alongside the release notes, as well as part of a master
docs package in Extras.  This package makes the FIG appear under Other
Documentation when you go to Applications > Help.   There is a lot of
exciting work happening in this area.

- Karsten
-- 
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[Scott Glaser]

Karsten,

Thanks for the hearty welcome, but I am having a slight issue.  In
chapter 1 of the documentation guide there is a step to check out
docs-setup but this does not seem to be present on the server, am I
doing something wrong??  cvs co docs-setup returns the following error:

cvs server: cannot find module `docs-setup' - ignored
cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot expand modules

Thanks in advance, 

-- 
Scott Glaser
Fedora Core User
Web - http://members.cox.net/sonar_guy/
Key fingerprint = 61F5 C7DF 2F63 4A53 44D2  B9BE 3841 EA4F 5990 00BD

On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 12:31 -0700, Karsten Wade wrote:
>  On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 11:22 -0400, Scott Glaser wrote:
>  > Full legal name (as you use it is fine) 
>  > 
>  > Scott Glaser
>  
>  Welcome, Scott!
>  
>  >               * What do you want to write about? 
>  >                       * Just about anything that will make Fedora
>  > 			easier to understand for a New Users. 
>  >                 
>  >               * What other documentation do you want to see published?
>  >                       * That is hard to say, first I would like to
>  > 			assist in making the Fedora Core 4 Installation
>  > 			Guide a document that will help new users in
>  > 			installing Fedora Core with little or no
>  > 			assistance no mater what method of install
>  > 			they choose.
>  
>  There is another area that is hurting for writers, and it does have
>  benefit for new and continuing users.  If you haven't heard about the
>  fabulous release notes beats:
>  
>  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/ReleaseNotes/Beats
>  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats
>  
>  This is a manageable writing task that gets you close to the parts of
>  Fedora that interest you the most, connects you with recognition to a
>  project, and gets better the more people that help.
>  
>  Stuart and Paul may be prepared to modularize the Fedora Installation
>  Guide a bit more.  We intend to package the FIG within the fedora-
>  release package alongside the release notes, as well as part of a master
>  docs package in Extras.  This package makes the FIG appear under Other
>  Documentation when you go to Applications > Help.   There is a lot of
>  exciting work happening in this area.
>  
>  - Karsten
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[Karsten Wade]

On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 18:34 -0400, Scott Glaser wrote:
>  Karsten,
>  
>  Thanks for the hearty welcome, but I am having a slight issue.  In
>  chapter 1 of the documentation guide there is a step to check out
>  docs-setup but this does not seem to be present on the server, am I
>  doing something wrong??  cvs co docs-setup returns the following error:
>  
>  cvs server: cannot find module `docs-setup' - ignored
>  cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot expand modules 
Sorry, the Guide is out of date right now.  Carpenter's roof is leaking.

The module you want is docs-common.  Another good one is example-
tutorial.

I just updated this page:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/CvsHelp

Way down at the bottom it now tells you to cvs co docs-common and
example-tutorial.

Cheers - Karsten
-- 
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[Paul W. Frields]

On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 17:09 -0700, Karsten Wade wrote:
>  On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 18:34 -0400, Scott Glaser wrote:
>  > Karsten,
>  > 
>  > Thanks for the hearty welcome, but I am having a slight issue.  In
>  > chapter 1 of the documentation guide there is a step to check out
>  > docs-setup but this does not seem to be present on the server, am I
>  > doing something wrong??  cvs co docs-setup returns the following error:
>  > 
>  > cvs server: cannot find module `docs-setup' - ignored
>  > cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot expand modules
>  
>  Sorry, the Guide is out of date right now.  Carpenter's roof is leaking.
>  
>  The module you want is docs-common.  Another good one is example-
>  tutorial.
>  
>  I just updated this page:
>  
>  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/CvsHelp
>  
>  Way down at the bottom it now tells you to cvs co docs-common and
>  example-tutorial. 
I did a quick fix in the DocGuide, but need someone to publish it to
f.r.c please. :-)  (I'm not in that particular ACL.)

-- 
Paul W. Frields, RHCE                          http://paul.frields.org/
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 Fedora Documentation Project: http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/docs/

[Karsten Wade]

On Sun, 2005-09-18 at 20:05 -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote:

>  I did a quick fix in the DocGuide, but need someone to publish it to
>  f.r.c please. :-)  (I'm not in that particular ACL.) 
Done, live within the hour.  I added you to the ACL as well (for
web/html/participate/documentatio-*).

- Karsten
-- 
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